Hello all, I was just wondering how all you july bandsters are doing so we can compare notes. I am doing okay I guess Except for eating to fast and not chewing enough on some occasions and it caused my pouch to get irratated and it caused alot of pain so my dr. put me on a liquid diet for 5 days. It wasn't that bad being on liquid I lost 8 lbs. in 5 days of liquids. I have lost a total of 28 lbs. to date. I do fing it hard to keep on track because sometimes and the majority of the time i feel hungry. I got my first fill at the end of august and I was just as hungry as before the surgery. The only difference was that food kept getting stuck so easily. I would stop eating because of the whole stuck feeling. but regardless of all my complaints nothing tastes better than being skinny. haha and we are in the right direction and we will do it. :biggrin::biggrin::blushing::thumbup:Anyway enough about myself I would love to hear about you guys. Talk to you soon fellow july bandsters

Hi Donnapa. I was banded on July 6, 2009 in Colorado, and have lost 27 pounds. I am experiencing everything you have mentioned and I am always hungry also. I am on my second fill now, (yesterday) and have 3cc in my 10cc band. I do have restriction now, and can only eat about a half a cup of soft foods (yogurt, soup etc.), but I am always hungry! One day this week I did see 170 on my scales, but have gone back up 2 pounds, most likely water weight(?). I hope it is anyway. I found myself grabbing a cracker or pretzel everytime I walked by the pantry, so this fill was much needed, but I am still hungry! Anyway it will be all worth it in the long run.